Fred Hornkohl

CUBS are 3-15 (.167) when they trail by 2 runs or more at the end of the 6th inning.... 36-15 (.706) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 20-12 (.625) when they GIDP.... 19-18 (.514) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 5-4 (.556) when the opposing starter pitches 4-2/3 innings or less.... 34-26 (.567) when he doesn't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 37-22 (.627) when they draw 2 or more walks.... 2-8 (.200) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 35-21 (.625) when they get they get at least 6 hits .... 4-9 (.308) when they don't Go CUBS !!

This is a great time for the comeback rally !!

CUBS are seeing 4.31 P/PA through 4 innings. Go CUBS !!

Dodgers found where the Cardinals keep their pixie dust ??

Getting a little rain down here in Gilman

CUBS are 16-29 (.356) when they allow 4 runs or more.... 23-1 (.958) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 8-6 when Hendricks starts Go CUBS !!

CUBS are averaging 5 hits per game vs. Dodgers. Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 9-9 (.500) when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 30-21 (.588) when they don't Go CUBS !!

God, that's more runs than they scored in the first 2 games !!

CUBS are 27-7 (.794) when they score first in the game.... 12-23 (.343) when they don't CUBS are 22-21 (.512) when the opponent hits at least 1 HR.... 17-9 (.654) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 14-3 (.824) when they score in the first inning.... 25-27 (.481) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 32-19 (.627) when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 7-11 (.389) when they do Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 10,550-10,095 (0.511) CUBS are 1,029-1,038 (0.498) vs. Los Angeles CUBS are 555-491 (0.531) vs. Los Angeles at home CUBS are 115-95 (0.548) vs. Los Angeles in June at home CUBS are 4-0 (1.000) vs. Los Angeles on 24 June at home CUBS are 1-1 when they've won their last 4 games CUBS are 7-4 on Wednesdays CUBS are 13-8 in June CUBS are 8-6 vs NL West Go CUBS !!

Game #70 has not been kind to the CUBS. CUBS are 57-79 (0.419) in Game No 70 Gam# Date Opponent Score 070 Wed 09/10/1879 @ Boston 8-17 070 Thu 09/09/1880 @ Cleveland Blues 5- 3 070 Thu 09/08/1881 @ Buffalo Bisons 1-10 070 Thu 09/07/1882 Troy Trojans 7- 1 070 Thu 08/16/1883 @ Buffalo Bisons 2- 5 070 Tue 08/05/1884 Cleveland Blues 5- 8 070 Wed 08/05/1885 @ Philadelphia 6- 0 070 Tue 08/03/1886 @ New York 6- 7 070 Sat 07/30/1887 Boston 4- 7 070 Mon 07/23/1888 @ Indianapolis Hoosiers 1- 2 070 Sat 07/20/1889 @ Boston 2- 0 070 Sat 07/19/1890 @ Philadelphia 0- 4 070 Wed 07/15/1891 Boston 6- 5 070 Wed 07/13/1892 Philadelphia 1- 0 070 Sun 07/23/1893 Louisville Colonels 2- 3 070 Thu 07/19/1894 @ St. Louis 1- 7 070 Thu 07/11/1895 Baltimore Orioles 3-13 070 Tue 07/07/1896 Baltimore Orioles 13-11 070 Fri 07/16/1897 Baltimore Orioles 1- 2 070 Thu 07/07/1898 Cincinnati 5- 7 070 Thu 07/13/1899 @ Boston 9- 4 070 Mon 07/16/1900 Pittsburgh 3- 7 070 Thu 07/11/1901 Philadelphia 3- 4 070 Sun 07/13/1902 New York 4- 0 070 Thu 07/09/1903 Philadelphia 6- 1 070 Wed 07/13/1904 Boston 7- 4 070 Tue 07/04/1905 St. Louis 11- 1 070 Wed 07/04/1906 @ Pittsburgh 1- 0 070 Sat 07/06/1907 @ Brooklyn 0- 6 070 Thu 07/09/1908 Brooklyn 4- 3 070 Mon 07/12/1909 @ Philadelphia 3- 0 070 Mon 07/11/1910 New York 4- 2 070 Fri 07/07/1911 @ New York 0- 5 070 Wed 07/10/1912 New York 3- 0 070 Fri 07/04/1913 Cincinnati 0- 4 070 Sat 07/04/1914 @ Pittsburgh 1- 0 070 Fri 07/09/1915 @ Brooklyn 7- 8 070 Tue 07/04/1916 @ Pittsburgh 0- 1 070 Fri 06/29/1917 St. Louis 2- 9 070 Mon 07/08/1918 New York 6- 3 070 Wed 07/09/1919 @ Philadelphia 6- 1 070 Mon 07/05/1920 @ St. Louis 1- 4 070 Fri 07/08/1921 @ New York 0- 1 070 Tue 07/04/1922 @ Pittsburgh 8- 4 070 Mon 07/02/1923 Cincinnati 8- 9 070 Sun 07/06/1924 @ St. Louis 4-13 070 Thu 07/02/1925 St. Louis 11- 6 070 Fri 07/02/1926 Cincinnati 1- 6 070 Mon 07/04/1927 Cincinnati 2- 1 070 Fri 06/29/1928 @ Cincinnati 2- 4 070 Tue 07/09/1929 @ Boston 2- 6 070 Tue 07/01/1930 New York 5- 7 070 Sun 07/05/1931 St. Louis 2- 1 070 Mon 07/04/1932 @ Pittsburgh 6- 9 070 Thu 06/29/1933 @ Brooklyn 7- 2 070 Tue 07/03/1934 St. Louis 3- 7 070 Fri 07/05/1935 @ Pittsburgh 0- 4 070 Sun 07/05/1936 @ Pittsburgh 2- 4 070 Fri 07/09/1937 @ Pittsburgh 1-13 070 Sat 07/09/1938 Cincinnati 0-11 070 Tue 07/04/1939 St. Louis 4- 6 070 Wed 07/03/1940 Pittsburgh 7- 5 070 Mon 06/30/1941 @ Cincinnati N 1- 7 070 Fri 06/26/1942 @ Boston 6- 4 070 Mon 07/05/1943 @ Brooklyn 2- 8 070 Thu 07/13/1944 Pittsburgh 2- 3 070 Sun 07/08/1945 @ Philadelphia 9- 2 070 Sat 07/06/1946 Cincinnati 2- 0 070 Sat 07/05/1947 @ Pittsburgh 4- 3 070 Mon 07/05/1948 @ St. Louis 2- 5 070 Sat 07/02/1949 Pittsburgh 3- 8 070 Sun 07/09/1950 Cincinnati 0- 6 070 Thu 07/12/1951 @ Brooklyn N 3- 9 070 Wed 07/02/1952 Pittsburgh 8- 3 070 Sat 07/04/1953 St. Louis 5- 4 070 Sun 07/04/1954 St. Louis 4- 2 070 Sun 06/26/1955 Pittsburgh 4- 5 070 Sat 07/07/1956 @ Milwaukee N 0- 5 070 Fri 07/05/1957 @ Milwaukee N 7- 4 070 Sun 06/29/1958 @ Pittsburgh 3- 4 070 Fri 06/26/1959 @ Milwaukee N 1-11 070 Mon 07/04/1960 San Francisco 0- 4 070 Fri 06/30/1961 St. Louis 4-11 070 Sat 06/23/1962 @ Pittsburgh N 3- 4 070 Sat 06/22/1963 Pittsburgh 0- 3 070 Wed 07/01/1964 @ Cincinnati N 5- 6 070 Sun 06/27/1965 @ St. Louis 0- 8 070 Mon 06/27/1966 @ Atlanta N 5- 1 070 Wed 06/28/1967 Pittsburgh 3- 1 070 Tue 06/25/1968 @ Houston N 2- 4 070 Tue 06/24/1969 Pittsburgh 3- 2 070 Sun 06/28/1970 @ Pittsburgh 1- 4 070 Wed 06/23/1971 @ San Francisco 2- 5 070 Tue 07/04/1972 @ Atlanta N 1- 5 070 Fri 06/22/1973 @ St. Louis N 0- 3 070 Fri 06/28/1974 @ Montreal N 0-15 070 Wed 06/25/1975 @ Montreal N 6-12 070 Sun 06/27/1976 New York 3-13 070 Wed 06/29/1977 @ Montreal N 0- 5 070 Wed 06/28/1978 New York 9- 8 070 Sun 07/01/1979 New York 5- 4 070 Sun 06/29/1980 St. Louis 7- 9 070 Fri 08/28/1981 @ Los Angeles N 1- 6 070 Wed 06/23/1982 @ Pittsburgh N 6- 5 070 Sun 06/26/1983 @ Montreal 9- 5 070 Mon 06/25/1984 Pittsburgh 0- 3 070 Fri 06/28/1985 @ Pittsburgh N 5- 0 070 Wed 06/25/1986 @ Philadelphia N 10- 7 070 Tue 06/23/1987 @ New York N 4- 1 070 Thu 06/23/1988 New York 4- 1 070 Thu 06/22/1989 @ Pittsburgh N 8- 0 070 Sat 06/23/1990 St. Louis 7- 8 070 Tue 06/25/1991 @ Pittsburgh N 5- 1 070 Wed 06/24/1992 @ New York N 2- 3 070 Fri 06/25/1993 @ Los Angeles N 8- 5 070 Sat 06/25/1994 St. Louis 3- 1 070 Wed 07/12/1995 @ Montreal N 2- 3 070 Tue 06/18/1996 Los Angeles 7- 4 070 Wed 06/18/1997 @ white sox N 0- 3 070 Wed 06/17/1998 Milwaukee 5- 6 070 Fri 06/25/1999 Philadelphia 2- 3 070 Wed 06/21/2000 @ Atlanta N 8- 1 070 Thu 06/21/2001 @ St. Louis 5- 2 070 Thu 06/20/2002 Texas 4- 7 070 Wed 06/18/2003 @ Cincinnati N 4- 1 070 Tue 06/22/2004 @ St. Louis N 5- 4 070 Wed 06/22/2005 @ Milwaukee N 4- 9 070 Tue 06/20/2006 @ Cleveland N 2- 4 070 Wed 06/20/2007 @ Texas N 3- 7 070 Sun 06/15/2008 @ Toronto 7- 4 070 Fri 06/26/2009 @ white sox 5- 4 070 Tue 06/22/2010 @ Seattle N 0- 2 070 Sat 06/18/2011 New York (AL) 3- 4 070 Fri 06/22/2012 @ Arizona N 1- 6 070 Wed 06/19/2013 @ St. Louis N 1- 4 070 Wed 06/18/2014 @ Miami 6- 1 070 Wed 06/24/2015 Los Angeles N Go CUBS !!

Two very good answers !!! But the answer we're looking for is...... for best results, you gotta get it up by midnight !! Go CUBS !!

Can anybody here tell me why starting a Game Thread is a lot like sex ??

On this day 139 years ago today (that's Sat 24 June 1876 for the arithmetically challenged), the CUBS beat NY handily to complete a 3 game sweep of the Mutuals. Gam# Date Opponent Score 027 Sat 06/24/1876 New York Mutuals 16- 2 This gave the CUBS (known then as the White Stockings) a record of 23-4 (.852) and a 2.5 game lead on the 2nd place Hartford Dark Blues. Go CUBS !!

The CUBS have never lost to the Dodgers on 24 June in Chicago......... Gam# Date Opponent Score 057 Fri 06/24/1898 Brooklyn 8- 4 058 Sat 06/24/1899 Brooklyn 3- 2 054 Mon 06/24/1901 @ Brooklyn 1- 2 063 Sun 06/24/1934 Brooklyn 5- 1 064 Sun 06/24/1934 Brooklyn 8- 0 074 Wed 06/24/2015 Los Angeles N Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 9-3 (.750) when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 29-27 (.518) when they don't Go CUBS !!

Man, how much fun was that ?? Go CUBS !!